Hat-retaining device.



0.. & G. WEISS.

HAT RETAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1911.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

WITNESSES; [/VVENTORS a v UNITED STATES, PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES WEISS AND GUSTAVE WEISS, 0F GLENDALE, NEW Y ORK,

HAT-RETAINING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 24, 1912.

. Application filed June 13, 1911. Serial No.632,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, CHARLES VVEIss and GUSTAVE VVnIss, both citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Glendale, Queens county, New York,have invented certain Improvements in Hat-Retaining Devices, of.

which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to certain improvements in hat retainingdevices, such as are particularly designed and adapted for use in.connection with ladies hats, for holding the same in place upon" thewearers heads,

' and the object. of the invention is to provide a device of thisgeneral character of a simple and comparatively lnexpensive nature, andof a llghtand compact construc- 7 tion having retaining means of a noveland improved description capable of convenient operation to engage anddisengage the hair when the hat is in place upon the head, and

adapted, when so engaged, to hold the hat securely in position upon thewearers head.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,and combina tions and arrangements of the several parts of the improvedhat retaining device, whereby certain important advantages are attained,and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive, and otherwise betteradapted and more convenient for use, all as willbe hereinafter fully setforth.

. The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In order that our improvements may be the better understood, we will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the retainingdevice constructedin accordance with the invention in applied position,the crown of the hat being shown in section for the purpose of betterillustration; Fig. 2 is a view partly in top plan and partly in sectionillustrating theimproved retaining device indetail; Fig. 3 is a viewpartly in section and partly in elevation illustrating the engagingmeansin operative position, the lnoperatlve positlon being indicated bydotted lines; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating acertain detail of const-ruction to be hereinafter referred to; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken centrally through the device on theline a-@ of Fig. 2.

' tion B elongated inform and of a length- As herein shown, theimproved. hat retaining device is provided with a body poradapted to beextended transversely across the crown A of the hat, said body portion 7including two members C and D which may with convenience be formed fromstlfl metal wire of similar construction but reversely arranged andhaving straight stems 1, 1

which overlap each other at the central part of the elongated bodyportion whereat they are embraced by an elongated sleeve or barrel10-within which said straight stems are adapted for independent endwisesliding movement, and also for relative turning movement independentlyofeachother. The bore 11 of the sleeve or barrel is made to receive theoverlapping parts ofthe stems 1, 1 snugly, for which purpose said sleeveor barrel is made slightly flattened or elongated in cross section, asshown in Fig. 5

of the drawings. 7 i The stems 1, 1 of the members C and D project inopposite directions beyond the opposite ends of the sleeve or barrel 10and of any desired fanciful or ornamental de-.

sign, and are provided, as herein shown,

with shanks 6, 6 havingaxial bores 5, 5 7

adapted to receive the tapered! and shouldered outer ends of the bodyportion, said shanks being split transversely and pro- 9 vided withlocking projections 4, 4 at the opposite sides of their bores 5so thatwhen the tapered and shouldered ends of the body portion are insertedwithin said bores 5, the' split shanks will press with some resilienceupon the opposite sides of the taperedparts of the stems, and will serveto retain the locking projections 4:, tinsecure engagement with therounded shoulders 3,3 of the stems,

as indicated in Fig. 41. In this way it will. T be ,seenthat the headsor caps 7, 7 when in I place upon the stems of the members C andD of thebody portion will be securely held against accidental displacement bythe engagement of their split shanks 6 andtheir locking shoulders 4, 4with the tapered parts 2 and shoulders 3, 3 of said stems, while at thesame time said heads or caps may be readily detached from the memberswhen desired, after which said members C and D may be slid endwiserelatively to one another, so as to shorten the body portion B of thedevice to such an extent as to permit it to be placed transverselyacross the interior of the crown A of the hat, whereupon said members Cand D may be slid endwise in reverse directions in such a way that thesubstantially alined pointer extremities thereof are caused to penetratethe opposite side walls of the hat crown and to protrude beyond thesame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

After the insertion of the device within the crown of the hatas abovedescribed, the engagement of the oppositely directed and substantiallyalined ends of the stems 1, 1 with the opposite side walls of the hatcrown affords a secure support for retaining the body portion inposition extended transversely across the interior of said crown, andthe caps or heads 7, 7 may be applied upon the protruding pointedextremities of of the body portion as above set forth, and will serve,when so applied, to hold the device securely in place in the hat againstaccidental displacement, while upon removal of the caps or heads andreverse endwise movement of the members C and D the device may bequickly and conveniently removed from the hat in order that it may beapplied to another hat, if desired.

At their ends opposite to the tapered and pointed portions 2, the stemsof the respective members C and D have laterally bent or directedportions 8, 8 pointed at their extremities so as to be adapted topenetrate the hair readily when the hat is placed upon the head, andcurved in such a fashion as to afford oppositely directed hook-likeportions or prongs spaced apart from each other at the opposite ends ofthe elongated sleeve or barrel 10, and which are adapted, when thedevice is in place in the hat, and its members C and D turned 0r rotatedrelatively to each other within the sleeve or barrel 10, to play invertical planes so as to pass in opposite directions through the hair insuch a way as to securely engage the same for holding the hat in placeupon the head, or to be with- 5 drawn from engagement with the hair sothat the hat may be removed from the head, accordingly as the members 0and D are turned or rotated in one direction or the other.

As herein shown the hook-like portions or prongs 8, 8 have curvatures,as indicated at 9, so that their extremities are adapted to engage thehair at a considerable distance below the sleeve or barrel 10, afterwhich,

during the further turning movement of the members, the hair is drawnupwardly along said curved parts of the prongs, so as to draw the hatdownward and retain it securely in position upon the head, while whenthe members are reversely turned, the curva- 7o tures of said prongscauses them to be withdrawn upwardly from the hair without liability ofbecoming entangled therein.

The endwise sliding movement of the members relatively to each otherpermits the device not only to be conveniently inserted within andwithdrawn from the hat, but affords a means whereby the body portion maybe shortened or lengthened to adapt it to hats of different sizes, andthe heads or 30 caps 7, 7 upon the substantially alined end portions ofthe device not only prevent accidental displacement of the device, butalso afford means for conveniently turning the members independently andsimultaneously 35 in reverse directions when it is desired to engagetheir prongs 8, S with the hair or to disengage'them therefrom, and alsoafiord means for conveniently moving the members C and D endwiserelatively to each other in order that their prongs 8, 8 may bepositioned at greater or less distances from one another as may bedesired.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the improved hatretaining device constructed according to our invention is capable ofconvenient and ready application to the hat and removal therefrom, andis simple in construction and economical to manufacture, and it willalso be obvious from the above description that the device issusceptible of considerable modification within the scope of theappended claims without material departure from the principles andspirit of the invention, and for this reason we do not desire to beunderstood as limiting ourselves to the precise form and arrangement ofthe several parts, as herein set forth, in carrying out the invention inpractice.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising two members, each ofsaid mem- 1 bers having a shank provided with a prong and a sleevesurrounding the shanks of both members, said shanks being capable oflongitudinal and rotary movement within the sleeve.

2. A device of the character described having members connected forrelative endwise movement and for independent rotative movementrelatively to each other, and having outer parts adapted to be extended125 through the side walls of a hat crown, and inner oppositely directedhook-like prongs adapted to be moved one toward or from the other whenone member is moved endwise relatively to the other, and adapted, when130 said members are rotated in opposite directions, to pass in oppositedirections through the'halr.

3. A device of the character described having an elongated body portionadapted to be extended transversely across the interior of a hat crownand including members connected for relative endwise movement and alsofor independent turning movement relatively to each other, said membershaving oppositely directed outer extremities extended in substantialalinement with each other and adapted to penetrate the opposite sidewalls of the hat crown for retaining the body portion in positionwithinthe same, and having inner ends provided wit-h oppositely directedhook-like prongs which are adjustable toward and from each other uponendwise movement of one member relatively to the other, and which areadapted, when the members are independently rotated in oppositedirections, to play vertically within the hat crown and to pass inopposite directions into and out of the hair.

4. A device of the character described having members provided withstems the outer parts of which are adapted to be passed through thesides of a hat crown, and the inner parts of which overlap each otherand are connected for independent turning movement relatively to eachother, said inner parts of the stems having oppositely directedhook-like prongs which are adapted, when said stems are rotatedinoppositedirections, to pass in opposite directions through the hair.

5. A device of .the character described having members provided withstems the outer parts of which are adapted to be passed through thesides of a hat crown, and the inner parts of whichoverlap each other andare adapted for independent turning move- Inent relatively to eachother, said inner" parts of the stems having oppositely directedhook-like prongs which are adapted, when said stems are rotated inopposite directions, to pass in opposite directions through the hair,and a sleeve embracing the overlap- CHARLES wniss. GUSTAVE WEISS. IWitnesses:

,W. E. LAWSON, K. R. MARKEY.

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